Parking Lot Exception Doesn't Apply if Employer Has No Control Over Premises

The Oregon Court of Appeals clarified the so-called "parking lot exception" to the coming-and-going rule, affirming a decision that an employee who was injured in her employer's parking lot while on break is not eligible for benefits because the employer did not control nor have a right to control the parking lot. Case: Frazer v. Enterprise Rent-a-Car Co. of Oregon, 0902947, A156890, 05/18/2016. Facts: Kevinia Frazer, an employee of Enterprise's call center, visited with co-workers in a smoking hut in the parking lot outside the workplace during a break. As she walked back ...